Improvement in horse-bakes



JAMES F. SWINNERTON, OF MARION, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 66,185, dated June Q5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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Beit known tl-mt`I, JAMES F. SWINXERTN, of Marion, in the county of Marion, and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and'uset'ul Improvement in Hay-Gntherer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear. and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in .which- Figur-e 1 is a top view of my improved hay-gatherer.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line x z, iig. 1.

Similar-letters of reference indicate like parts. My inv'entioii has for its object to furnish a machine for hauling and delivering hay at a stack, simple and durable-in construction, easily operated, and which will take the hay from a windrow, rendering the labor of cooking it wholly unnecessary; and it consists of anvimproved hay-gatherer, constructed and arrangedas hereinafter more fully-described. g i i A is the shaft of the rake-head, which is secured to the lower ends of the standards B by metallic straps, C, passing around said shaft, and the ends of which are secured to the front and rear sides of said standards B, as shown in tig. 2. D are stop-pins, which pass through slots in the metallic straps C, and are screwed or driven intesaid shaft A. These pins D allow the shaft A to turn upon its axis a suicient distance to raise the teeth E, s that they will pass over obstructions, but elfectually prevent the rake-head from revolving. The teeth E are attached t`o the front side of the shaft A, and are made longer and stronger than ordinary lraketeeth. To the upper ends of the standards B are attached the end-bars F of the top or draught-frame. The .alternate ends of the bars F are connected to each other bythe diagonal bars G, which ar-e framed into each other at their centres. I'I are metallic rods or braces, connecting the ends of the end-bars F to each other, and strengthening the frame. The frameF G is also strengthened bythe metallic braces I, the upper ends of which are secured to the ends of the bars F, and their lower ends to the standards B, as shown in the drawings. The said frame F G is also strengthened by the metallic braces J, the upper ends of which are secured to the forward ends of the bars F, and their lower ends are pivoted to the upper side of the shaft A, near its ends, as

shown in iig. 41, to permit the partial rotation ofsaid shaftin passingover obstructions. K is the tongue, which is made long, so that thc horses may be attached to it so far in front as to be out of the way of the teeth E and of the hay collected upon them. The tongue K is pvotedto the cent1-cof the frame F G by a pivoting-pin, the lower end of' which enters a hole in the diagonal bars G, and its upper end is Isecurely attached to the plate L. The sides ofthe plate L are turned up so as to embrace or form a socket for the tongue K, and it is secured to the said tongue by pins or bolts passing through the tongue and through slots in the said turned-up sides of the saidplate or socket L. This construction allows the tongue K to have a slight longitudinal movement, to throw the'hook M, which is securely attached to the under side ot' the rear end of the said tongue, out of and into a notch formed in the rear side of the metallic ring or circle N, which is securely attached to the diagonal bars Gr of the frame F G, and upon which theplate L slides as the tongue K is turned upon its pivoting-pin. It should be observed that'the -entire draught of the machine comes upon the hook M and upon the pivoting-pin jointly. O are handles attached to the rear side of the shaft A, by means of which the machine is stcadied and controlled. i In using the machine the hay is collected upon the rake-head and drawn to the stack or other desired place, the. horses are then backed a little, to throw the hook M out ofthe notch in Ithe ring N. The horses are then turned one-half around and the machine drawn away 4from the hay. The horses are then turned back onequarter around, and started forward, the driver at the same time stepping upon the end of the rake-head'nearest the horses this brings the machine againint'o the proper position for collecting another load.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

The combination of the plate or s'oeket L, hook M, and ringN, with each other, and with the tongue K and frame F G, substantially as herein shown and described; and for the purpose set forth.

' JAMES F. SWINNERTON. Witnesses:

T. F. WALLACE, E. G. ALLEN. 

